What Trump, Clinton, Obama, Sanders, Others Are Saying About Orlando Pulse Shooting
"When will this stop? When will we get tough, smart & vigilant?" tweets Trump.
Civil Liberties
'Hate Speech Is the Secular Equivalent of Blasphemy' & Other Truths
As the EU tries to police offensive language, here's a better way to think about censorship: Screw off.
Winery Fights Utah's Laughably Awful 'Zion Curtain' Rule
The law requires blocking the view of alcohol being mixed or poured.
Bill to Require Warrants to Read Old Emails May Be Dead
Senate amendments attempt to increase government snooping authority.
Gawker Files for Bankruptcy, Will Probably Change Ownership
Over $140 million judgment for hosting Hulk Hogan sex tape.
Friday A/V Club: The Terrible Things That Can Happen When a Pop Act Makes a Movie
An artifact of the last great rock panic
Hillary Clinton's Terrible Record on Free Speech: Matt Welch on Tonight's Stossel
Watch Fox Business Network at 9 p.m. for a full hour on America's front-running statist
Federal Appeals Court: 'No Second Amendment Right for Members of the General Public to Carry Concealed Firearms in Public'
9th Circuit upholds gun control scheme.
U.K.'s Mass Surveillance Bill Slightly Less Awful Than What Could Have Been
Demands for encryption back doors removed, sort of.
Illinois Denies First Amendment Rights to Medical Marijuana Businesses
Law forbidding businesses involved in medical marijuana distribution from giving to candidates in Illinois, or candidates accepting such money, challenged in federal court.
Michigan High School Student Sues Over Warrantless Breathalyzer Test
The student is challenging a local ordinance and a state law for being in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Vindication For Virginia Gun Rights Group
Katie Couric admits to deceptive edit, but anti-gun extremist director still standing by it
Harvard Law Prof: First Amendment Is 'Almost Entirely Without Content'
Does Donald Trump show contempt for the First Amendment? Not according to one liberal academic.
It's Pretty Clear Clinton Does Not Think Americans Have a Constitutional Right to Guns
The Democrats' choice for president refuses to say what the Second Amendment protects.
Anthony Bourdain: "I support your inalienable right to say really stupid, offensive shit."
CNN host understands people have the right to hold incorrect politics and still do business in the U.S.
BuzzFeed Banning Ads from Trump. For Similar Reasons, They Should Ban Ads from Clinton, Too.
Both candidates have terrible records on free speech.
Spanking Website Wins Battle Against British Web Censors
The U.K. Office of Communications has ruled in favor of feminist pornographer Pandora Blake and her site DreamsOfSpanking.com.
Anti-Trump Protestors Attack Trump Supporters, in Apparent Effort To Help Trump Get Elected
Acting out says a lot about the shallowness of the mainstream left's anti-Trump rhetoric
As President, Gary Johnson Would Consider Pardoning Edward Snowden
'I don't want to see him in prison.'
Thaddeus Russell vs. Michael Moynihan on Blowback: The Fifth Column Returns
Besides foreign policy, the quartet yaks about Kristolean futility, L.P. stripteases, America's new four-party system, and more. Â
Black Lives Matter Organizer DeRay McKesson on Libertarians, Police Unions, Campus Free Speech, and Why He Hasn't Reached Out to Rand Paul
A conversation with the activist who finds some common ground with libertarianism but diverges sharply on other issues.
Yale Students Tell English Profs to Stop Teaching English: Too Many White Male Poets
'We have spoken. We are speaking. Pay attention.'
Appeals Court: No Warrant Needed to Get Cellphone Location Data
Ruling overturns panel decision in favor of privacy rights.
"Pay-to-Play" Cop Who Mistook His Gun for a Taser Sentenced to Four Years For Fatal Shooting
Judge upholds jury's sentence recommendation for Robert Bates, who killed Eric Harris in gun purchase sting operation.
Canadian Businesswoman Says Three Male CBP Officers Sexually Assaulted Her
They searched her body cavities for drugs, which they did not find.
As the 'Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act' Turns One, Lawmakers Demand DOJ Get Tougher on Ad Platforms and Sex Buyers
Federal legislators are calling on Justice Department to be more proactive about using the 2015 sex-trafficking law.
California Looking for More Chances to Punish Businesses over Climate Change Positions
Some want to legally target those who donate to think tanks that encourage skepticism.
Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Microsoft Agree to Hate-Speech Code of Conduct
The tech companies agree to review hate-speech notifications within 24 hours and report on their efforts to the E.U.'s "High Level Group on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and all forms of intolerance by the end of 2016."
6 Reasons Libertarian Party Delegates Are Wary of William Weld
And 2 reasons why he may yet win the VP nomination of a party that lustily boos its own likely presidential pick
Encryption Is Winning! Celebrate, But Be Wary.
Terrible Senate bill is poised to go nowhere.
FBI Trying to Sneak In Ability to Access Emails Without Court Order
An attempt to secretly expand what can be gathered with National Security Letters
Katie Couric Responds to Deceptive Editing Charges in Gun Documentary
Couric offers advice for aspiring journalists and a little self-reflection.
Let's Not Treat Transgender People Like a Joke
Gender is not as straightforward as some would like to depict.
Katie Couric Anti-Gun Doc Deceptively Edited to Suggest Gun Rights Activists Don't Have Answers
The cable channel running Under the Gun says it stands behind the "creative and editorial judgment."
600+ Writers Sign #NeverTrump Letter Because Dictatorship
The problem isn't that the letter goes too far. It's that it doesn't go far enough.
Bill Named After Murdered Girl Fails House Vote. Thank Goodness.
Hard cases make bad law and exploiting grief is bad politics.
Feds and South Carolina Both Want to Execute Dylann Roof
Do they plan to kill the Charleston shooter twice?
